Hong Kong typhoon warning: Tropical Storm Lionrock halts clean-up operation at Happy Valley site of deadly scaffolding collapse
- Broadwood Road remains sealed off after 30 storeys worth of bamboo poles came crashing down on Friday, killing a 55-year-old construction worker
- Estate management says operation will resume when the No 8 typhoon signal has been lifted; homeowners rally to donate money to deceased worker’s family
Heavy wind and rain under a No 8 typhoon warning halted clean-up operations on Saturday at a high-rise Hong Kong estate where the collapse of massive scaffolding during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Lionrock killed a construction worker.
Management of the Beverly Hill residential estate in Happy Valley’s Broadwood Road, where 30 storeys worth of bamboo poles came crashing down on Friday, told homeowners that works would resume after the No 8 signal was lifted.
Broadwood Road, which was engulfed in debris during the tragic collapse, remains sealed off.
Workers from the CR Construction Company, the contractor for the renovation project behind the scaffolding, were on standby to resume the clean-up, the estate’s management office told homeowners on Saturday morning.
A resident of the Beverly Hill estate said the main entrance to the estate was still blocked by the collapsed scaffolding as of 6pm on Saturday.
She said residents had to negotiate an alternative route, partly submerged in water, with scaffolding over their heads – to leave the estate.
